British Championship: Playoff

by Macauley Peterson
8/6/2017 – Games and commentary from the 4-way playoff at the 104th British Championship in Llandudno, July 28th – August 6th, 2017 | Photo: Phil Makepeace
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Playoff at 17:00 CEST (15:00 GMT)

 

Games and commentary

 

Playoff

Commentary by IM Michael Rahal

Standings after nine rounds (Top 20)

Rk. Name Pts.
1 Howell David Wl 7,0
  Jones Gawain Cb 7,0
  Mcshane Luke J 7,0
  Hanley Craig A 7,0
5 Emms John M 6,5
  Ghasi Ameet K 6,5
  Palliser Richard Jd 6,5
8 Hawkins Jonathan 6,0
  Pert Nicholas 6,0
  Adair James R 6,0
  Hebden Mark L 6,0
  Zhou Yang-Fan 6,0
  Gormally Daniel W 6,0
  Trent Lawrence 6,0
  Wells Peter K 6,0
  Haria Ravi 6,0
  Eggleston David J 6,0
  Horton Andrew P 6,0
19 Williams Simon K 5,5
  Merry Alan B 5,5

Commentary on rounds 1-9


Commentary by IM Michael Rahal, IM Daniel Fernandez (rounds 3-7) and GM Ilja Zaragatski (rounds 1-2)

Game of the Day

IM Andrew Martin brings you highlights from prior rounds | Source: English Chess Federation

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Macauley served as the Editor in Chief of ChessBase News from July 2017 to March 2020. He is the producer of The Full English Breakfast chess podcast, and was an Associate Producer of the 2016 feature documentary, Magnus.

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